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World Wisdom contributor Joe Medicine Crow received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, on August 12, 2009. To view a video clip of Dr. Medicine Crow receiving his medal, click here. To see details from the presidential press release summarizing Dr. Joe Medicine Crow's achievements as an author, a Crow tribal elder and historian, a decorated veteran, and a "role model to young Native Americans across the country," click here. The complete list of distinguished recipients is given, with Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow's achievements noted about halfway down the page.

The Ananda Coomaraswamy Essay Prize for the best essay on a traditional symbol or symbolism

Eye of the Heart journal (see below) and the Philosophy and Religious Studies program at La Trobe University announce the Ananda Coomaraswamy Essay Prize. The purpose of the prize is to encourage writing, following the lead of Coomaraswamy, on a traditional symbol or symbolism itself. Prizes are offered for best essay in an open category and best post-graduate essay. Each winner receives up to $200 worth of books and shipping from World Wisdom, as well as from another publisher. Click here for a pdf document with more details.

World Wisdom Releases Titles as Ebooks

World Wisdom is proud to announce the availability of many of its titles in electronic format for the first time.

Selected World Wisdom titles have been converted into electronic Ebook format so that you can now enjoy our books on your computer or cell phone. Ebooks are perfect for people on the go, or those who have difficulty reading standard books, as they allow zooming in on the text and read-aloud functions.

Currently, over 20 World Wisdom titles are available in three different Ebook formats (MS Reader, Adobe PDF, and MobiPocket).

The following World Wisdom titles are currently available as Ebooks:

• Indian Spirit
• Christian Spirit
• Sermon of All Creation
• The Laughing Buddha of Tofukji: The Life of Zen Master Keido Fukushima
• Islam, Fundamentalism and the Betrayal of Tradition: Essays by Western Muslim Scholars
• Living in Amida’s Universal Vow: Essays in Shin Buddhism
• Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life
• The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity
• The Betrayal of Tradition: Essays on the Spiritual Crisis of Modernity
• Light on the Indian World: The Essential Writings of Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa)
• The Essential Swami Ramdas: Commemorative Edition
• The Gospel of the Redman: Commemorative Edition
• Ye Shall Know the Truth: Christianity and the Perennial Philosophy
• Borderlands of the Spirit: Reflections on the Sacred Science of Mind
• The Essential Vedanta: A New Sourcebook on Advaita Vedanta
• The Golden Chain: An Anthology on Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy
• Returning to the Essential: Selected Writings of Jean Biès
• The Buddha Eye: An Anthology of the Kyoto School and its Contemporaries
• The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
• Journeys East: 20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religious Traditions
• Seeing God Everywhere: Essays on Nature and the Sacred
• In the Heart of the Desert: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
• Not of This World: A Treasury of Christian Mysticism
• The Essential Titus Burckhardt: Reflections on Sacred Art, Faiths and Civilizations
• Paths to the Heart: Sufism and the Christian East

World Wisdom Ebooks can be purchased from all Ebook retailers including
Amazon.com, MobiPocket.com, and Fictionwise.com.

Limited Edition Hard Cover Books available exclusively for World Wisdom Reader Advantage Members

Limited Edition Hard Cover Books. As a service to our readers, World Wisdom produces a very limited number of hard cover copies of each of its new releases, which are sold only at www.worldwisdom.com . Contact customers@worldwisdom.com for details.

Conferences

Interfaith Conference at University of S. Carolina

"Theory and Application of A Common Word" is a special interfaith conference featuring speakers from across the Christian and Muslim traditions, including a number of leading Christian and Muslim Traditionalists. The dates of the conference are March 26-27, 2009, and its locale is the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. For more information, see the Conference web page.

Asia Society's headquarters is at 725 Park Avenue and 70th Street in New York City, with additional centers in Northern California, Southern California, Texas, Washington, DC, Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, India, Philippines, and Shanghai. Their website is an excellent portal to more on cultural events, learning opportunities, and general and specific information about Asian culture and art.

Asian art exhibitions from museums, galleries and universities around the world can be found at AsianArt.com.

AsianArt.com is an on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia. This web site allows visitors to sample fine Asian art exhibitions, both current and past. The selected exhibitions feature museums, galleries and universities from around the world. Among the many featured art exhibits is Taoism and the Arts of China from the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco as well as selections from the 1998-1999 Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York exhibit Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet.

Inter-faith

Proposed Reconciliation Project in Bosnia

The Board of International Forum Bosnia proposes the construction of an International House of Dialogue and Reconciliation in the southern Bosnian town of Stolac. The centre will work primarily with ethnic, cultural, and religious groups between whom there is a history or prospect of tension and conflict. It will also promote social and cultural regeneration.

The centre will focus on issues of identities, belief systems, tradition and modern society, and the sources and resolution of conflict. There will be a particular accent on majority-minority relations, social exclusion, cultural recognition, non-assimilationist forms of inclusion, pluralist communities, and explicit and tacit forms of discrimination. A core goal is the creation of a truly open society in which religious and cultural values have a place and to which they can make a valid contribution.

Eye of the Heart is a new journal in the field of Traditional Philosophy and Religious Studies

Some very good news for readers with an interest in Perennialist/Traditionalist studies: Eye of the Heart is a new scholarly, peer-reviewed journal whose stated mission is to provide “a forum for the exploration of the great philosophical and religious traditions. It addresses the inner meaning of philosophy and religion through elucidations of metaphysical, cosmological, and soteriological principles, and through a penetration of the forms preserved in each religious tradition.”

The executive editor of Eye of the Heart is Dr Timothy Scott of La Trobe University in Bendigo, Australia. Visit the journal’s website for more information.

Publishing Awards

World Wisdom Wins Ten Annual Midwest Book Awards

The Midwest Independent Book Publishers Association (MIPA) considers many books in a number of categories for their "Annual Midwest Book Awards". On May 11, MIPA announced the recipients of the 2011 awards, and three World Wisdom titles won a total of nine medals:

For more information on MIPA,their 21st Annual Awards, and to see other entries and winners, click here.

World Wisdom books finalists for Benjamin Franklin

The Benjamin Franklin Awards™, which recognize excellence in independent publishing, are sponsored by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA). World Wisdom has won three 2011 Benjamin Franklin Awards™:

An Illustrated Introduction to Taoism by Jean C. Cooper has won the Gold Benjamin Franklin Award for “New Age/Metaphysics/Spirituality” and the Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for “Interior Design, 3 or More Color” (illustrator: Susana Marin)

Living in Two Worlds by Charles Eastman has won the Gold Benjamin Franklin Award for “Multicultural”

The Eric Hoffer Award for short prose and books highlights salient writing and the independent spirit of small publishers. The book awards are covered in the US Review of Books. Two World Wisdom titles were honored by Hoffer Awards in 2011:

The Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC) sponsors the annual Middle East Book Awards. The Wisdom Tales book The Compassionate Warrior: Abd el-Kader of Algeria, written by Elsa Marston, is the co-winner of the 2013 Middle East Book Award for best “Youth Nonfiction”

For more on the Middle East Outreach Council’s Middle East Book Awards, click here.

World Music

The World Music Institute lists concert tours and itineraries throughout the U.S. and the World

The World Music Institute lists concert tours and itineraries throughout the U.S. and their web site provides detailed information about various World music performances. The World Music Institute also arranges individual performances, workshops and national tours for both resident and visiting artists throughout the United States and Canada. Please click here for the World Music Institute web site.